When comparing Foursquare vs Tripadvisor, the Slant community recommends Tripadvisor for most people. In the question“What are the best sites for discovering attractions in your travel destination?”Tripadvisor is ranked 1st while Foursquare is ranked 3rd. The most important reason people chose Tripadvisor is:

Tripadvisor lists tour options for many of the available attractions. Many of the individual tours have lots of recent reviews so you can get a better idea of what the experience will be like.

Pros

Pro

Custom Search Results

Foursquare learns about what you like from the places you go and the searches you make. The app will give you recommendations based on what you like not what other people search for.

Pro

Connects with Facebook and Twitter

Use Foursquare with Facebook and Twitter to see what restaurants and other places your friends recommend. Also get tips from those you follow about places you might not yet know about.

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Follow friends and trusted voices

Foursquare lets you follow your friends and other people that you trust to have great taste in food and places. You can view tips left by the people you follow at the places you go.

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High quantity of reviews

Tripadvisor lists tour options for many of the available attractions. Many of the individual tours have lots of recent reviews so you can get a better idea of what the experience will be like.

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Good for food/restaurants

Tripadvisor will usually have the not-to-miss restaurants, even if they can end up being touristy. A good yelp equivalent in non-US countries.

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Con

Lots of sponsored content

Sponsored content such as sightseeing tours and hotels can clutter up the content users are actually searching for.

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Lack of trust in reviews

There is a lot of incentive for companies to post fake reviews in order to increase their ranking/visibility. Tripadvisor does very little to catch the false reviews, so it's hard to know what's authentic and what isn't.

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